Jason
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Has anyone tried the DENON dual minidisc player. I'm wondering because I record a lot of music and do a lot of edits on minidiscs.
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Fernando
It's better to do your editing on...
Jason,
Although I, too, started out doing my edits on a MiniDisc player, once I finally moved onto editing on a digital workstation (and then, onto my computer), I realized just how simpler, cleaner, and more creative my edits could be. Although I do, still, have a Sony MDS-JB920 MiniDisc deck, I only edit with my Roland SP-808 Groove Sampler and/or my SAW32 P.C. software. The SP-808 costs about $1000 and the SAW32 program (the "Lite" version) can be purchased for about $300. You can do about the same type of edits with either one. It is just a matter of preference as to whether you want to go the hardware or software route. Software is a less expensive way to go, and it is the one I would recommend, especially if you want to put your mixes, edits, and music on CD-R.
- Fernando Benitez from San Diego, CA -
Jason,
Although I, too, started out doing my edits on a MiniDisc player, once I finally moved onto editing on a digital workstation (and then, onto my computer), I realized just how simpler, cleaner, and more creative my edits could be. Although I do, still, have a Sony MDS-JB920 MiniDisc deck, I only edit with my Roland SP-808 Groove Sampler and/or my SAW32 P.C. software. The SP-808 costs about $1000 and the SAW32 program (the "Lite" version) can be purchased for about $300. You can do about the same type of edits with either one. It is just a matter of preference as to whether you want to go the hardware or software route. Software is a less expensive way to go, and it is the one I would recommend, especially if you want to put your mixes, edits, and music on CD-R.
- Fernando Benitez from San Diego, CA -
Jason
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Thanks for your input guys, but what I really wanted to know is if it is as quick as CD player systems--start time, how easily it moves from track to track, rewind, ffwd, looping, etc.
Fernando, I am do edits on my PC too. I have a lot more flexiblity and can do more complicated edits, layering waves on top of eachother. I currently use a cheap $10 program, called Music Editor, that works great. I may have to try out a demo of SAW32 or SAW Lite, if there are advantages over the one I use now.
The thing about MDs that I like, is that it's the most direct way to record and edit. Put in in my Sony MXD-D3, record at 4x speed. I put in mixed CDs, fine-tune all the track start points, and set my portable player or MD changer in my car to shuffle mode, and I have an instant DJ. Also, one edit on MD will take me a minute, and edit on PC will take me 10 minutes, because I'm more of a perfectionist on it, plus the time it takes to encode from the CD to the PC, then out to a CDR, is about 5 minutes per song.
The other reason I still use the format, is I use the portable for working out sometimes. Portable MP3 Players' media are too expensive and you can't do track search on them or on CDs encoded with MP3 files. And I do alot of rewinding and ffwding within a track.
Fernando, I am do edits on my PC too. I have a lot more flexiblity and can do more complicated edits, layering waves on top of eachother. I currently use a cheap $10 program, called Music Editor, that works great. I may have to try out a demo of SAW32 or SAW Lite, if there are advantages over the one I use now.
The thing about MDs that I like, is that it's the most direct way to record and edit. Put in in my Sony MXD-D3, record at 4x speed. I put in mixed CDs, fine-tune all the track start points, and set my portable player or MD changer in my car to shuffle mode, and I have an instant DJ. Also, one edit on MD will take me a minute, and edit on PC will take me 10 minutes, because I'm more of a perfectionist on it, plus the time it takes to encode from the CD to the PC, then out to a CDR, is about 5 minutes per song.
The other reason I still use the format, is I use the portable for working out sometimes. Portable MP3 Players' media are too expensive and you can't do track search on them or on CDs encoded with MP3 files. And I do alot of rewinding and ffwding within a track.
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Fernando
I know what you mean.
Jason,
I use my portable MiniDisc player to listen to mixed discs that I record. In my opinion, MiniDisc is the best way to go for portable players. As far as editing on the P.C. is concerned, I am like you, as I can spend way too much time trying to perfect an edit! *LOL* You should go to the IQS Web site (https://www.iqsoft.com/Home.htm) and download their demo version of SAWPro, and if you like the software, you can purchase their "Lite" version, which is the least expensive, at a price of $300.
- Fernando Benitez from San Diego, CA -
P.S. MiniDisc was a Godsend, in my opinion, because no other consumer format offers the audio quality and editing features of MiniDisc recording. If Sony had not dropped the ball when they initially tried to market the format, it would have replaced the audio cassette by now.
Jason,
I use my portable MiniDisc player to listen to mixed discs that I record. In my opinion, MiniDisc is the best way to go for portable players. As far as editing on the P.C. is concerned, I am like you, as I can spend way too much time trying to perfect an edit! *LOL* You should go to the IQS Web site (https://www.iqsoft.com/Home.htm) and download their demo version of SAWPro, and if you like the software, you can purchase their "Lite" version, which is the least expensive, at a price of $300.
- Fernando Benitez from San Diego, CA -
P.S. MiniDisc was a Godsend, in my opinion, because no other consumer format offers the audio quality and editing features of MiniDisc recording. If Sony had not dropped the ball when they initially tried to market the format, it would have replaced the audio cassette by now.
Jason
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Secret...
Pssst, Fernando...
Hey, do you cheat on your mixes like I do? Mess up, and record and edit it seemlessly as if it never happened? 😉
Pssst, Fernando...
Hey, do you cheat on your mixes like I do? Mess up, and record and edit it seemlessly as if it never happened? 😉
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Fernando
Of course I don't edit out my mistakes! *LOL*
Jason,
If I make a mistake, I always try to edit it out. I see nothing wrong with that. To tell you the truth, I am not a good "live" mixer. My strength lies in being able to edit what I mix so that it appears I got it right the first (and only) time.
- Fernando Benitez from San Diego, CA -
Jason,
If I make a mistake, I always try to edit it out. I see nothing wrong with that. To tell you the truth, I am not a good "live" mixer. My strength lies in being able to edit what I mix so that it appears I got it right the first (and only) time.
- Fernando Benitez from San Diego, CA -